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| Founded | Mandatory Palestine 1945; 80 years ago (1945) |
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| Headquarters | Tel Aviv |
| Service area | Gush Dan |
| Service type | bus service |
| Annual ridership | 152,200,000 (not including subsidiaries)[1] |
| Website | English |
Dan Bus Company (Hebrew:דן חברה לתחבורה ציבורית) is an Israelibus company based inTel Aviv. It operates local bus service in theTel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Gush Dan).
Dan operates 1,200 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports approximately over 600,000 passengers daily.[2] Combined with its southern subsidiaries, its fleet numbers 2,500.[3]
Dan was founded as acooperative on 1 December 1945, from the merger of two companies,Galei HaMaavir andIhud Regev. Itdemutualised, becoming alimited company in May 2002. In 2009, 23.5% of all Israeli bus travelers used Dan's lines.[4] Dan provides bus service six days a week. From Friday afternoon until after Sunset Saturday night, service is suspended in observance of the JewishSabbath. Dan buses run until approximately 23:30 p.m. and resume service in the early morning hours.
In September 2009, Dan andVeolia reached an agreement on the purchase ofVeolia's share in theJerusalem Light Rail for $15–20 million.[5] In October 2010, Veolia reneged and said it would sell its stake toEgged. As a result, Dan sued Veolia.[6]
In May 2022, Dan group purchasedTST, the bus operator inSetúbal area from Arriva.[7]
In 2015, Dan established the subsidiaryDan BaDarom (Hebrew:דן בדרום; Dan South) to compete on tenders in southern Israel.
In May 2015, Dan BaDarom won a tender to operate bus routes in the Northern Negev,Ashkelon,Kiryat Malakhi,Kiryat Gat,Sderot,Netivot andOfakim. On February 12, 2016, Dan BaDarom started to operate the bus routes in the Northern Negev except the intracity service in Ashkelon. The operation starting date of the intracity service in Ashkelon was delayed from May 2016 to July 2016 because of bad service in Northern Negev routes. On July 1, 2016, Dan BaDarom started to operate the intracity service in Ashkelon.
In November 2016, Dan BaDarom replacedMetrodan Beersheba, which was shut down.
Dan Beersheva (Hebrew:דן באר שבע) (DBS) is a subsidiary that operates local bus routes inBeersheva.[8] It was created in January 2016, when Dan BaDarom won the tender of the urban bus routes in Be'er Sheva.
Since 2013, Dan was contracted to operate theMetronitbus rapid transport system inHaifa and theKrayot suburbs until October 15, 2021 where Dan was replaced withSuperbus as the Metronit’s operator.
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